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Should I enable telemetry? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by minorsecond@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I run Gentoo, which has a telemetry use flag. This will enable telemetry for a number of packages.

I hate telemetry on non-FOSS software like Windows, but is there real harm in doing it with FOSS software? I like to think I'd be helping the devs create better software.

https://packages.gentoo.org/useflags/telemetry

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[–] moreeni@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago

I absolutely love the KDE approach and I always enable telemetry for FOSS apps if I can see what exactly is being sent. Hell, I wouldn't even mind some opt out telemetry if I could see what data the app sends back "home". That's, obviously, if the data sent doesn't violate my privacy significantly